tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post7949134815885042766..comments2024-03-19T01:26:04.572-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: FamilyLink.com RantingsRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-61583568094312023972008-09-22T13:26:00.000-07:002008-09-22T13:26:00.000-07:00Whitney,"....and are not spending development time...Whitney,<BR/><BR/>"....and are not spending development time fixing bugs on the beta site of FamilyHistoryLink.com."<BR/><BR/>Although Randy's rant is about the site not working, you write as if there are minor defects only.<BR/>You seem to be implying that all major issues have been resolved.<BR/>I just tried the simplest thing possible: signing up.<BR/><BR/>The sign up demands to know where I live, and tells me to enter "only your city, country, and state".<BR/>That text does not seem entirely right to me, but I tried various formats.<BR/>I tried "Leiden". I tried "Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands". I tried "Netherlands". <BR/>Whatever I fill in, as soon as I push next, I get a pop-up: "getGeoCode is not a function".<BR/>I suggest you check whether there is a recent and dramatic drop in the number of new sign ups.<BR/><BR/>- TamuraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-32602707507478534882008-09-22T11:37:00.000-07:002008-09-22T11:37:00.000-07:00Hi Randy, We did indeed change the FamilyLink.com ...Hi Randy, <BR/><BR/>We did indeed change the FamilyLink.com site to FamilyHistoryLink.com. This announcement was made in WorldVitalRecords.com’s Family History Bulletin last Friday (September 19, 2008) and also on the WorldVitalRecords.com blog today. The primary reason the Website FamilyLink.com was changed to FamilyHistoryLink.com is because FamilyLink.com will have a new site design with lots of new features and functionalities. An exact date for this change has not been set up, but it is coming soon. FamilyLink.com, Inc. will also have a separate site in the future that allows people to link to all of FamilyLink.com’s products and websites. Another reason FamilyLink.com was changed to FamilyHistoryLink.com was to give it another website instead of removing the entire site from the web. This allows all the current users to continue to connect with other genealogists. As per the problems uploading GEDCOM’s, the developers and programmers are working on the new site and other FamilyLink.com, Inc. products and are not spending development time fixing bugs on the beta site of FamilyHistoryLink.com. <BR/><BR/>As per the newsletter (Family History Bulletin), it has gone out every week. There is a newsletter archive you can access (note, you must be logged in to WorldVitalRecords.com when you click on the link): http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/newsletterarchive.aspx?page=1 This archive has all of the past newsletter editions. Also, I checked our list, and you added your name to the list on September 5, 2008. If for some reason you do not get the newsletter on Thursday, please contact me, and I will look into the issue further. <BR/><BR/>As per the Genealogy Blog Planet, it has not been updated for 2 years, which is why some of the links are dormant. Lots of people have requested that their blog post be added to the site, and no sites have been added. This is simply because we are not focusing on that part of the site right now; more time is being spent on working on the new site, which will be much better than the current site. So, please do not feel offended or rejected. No sites are being added, regardless of status. <BR/><BR/>We are working as fast and as hard as we can to bring additional improvements to WorldVitalRecords.com, and the rest of our sites. We appreciate user feedback and always take comments into account when deciding on what to focus on next. <BR/><BR/>Whitney Ransom McGowan, Director, Corporate Communications, FamilyLink.com, Inc.Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346590786761716352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-1279017196168619132008-09-19T23:56:00.000-07:002008-09-19T23:56:00.000-07:00I remember I tried this site about a week ago, I h...I remember I tried this site about a week ago, I had an old gedcom on there, so I deleted it.<BR/>Now I cant upload a new one either. I guess I could read the twitter comments, but ill just wait a little longer. Was getting same errors as you Randy.Xfaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182089182703721118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-5324797584279556652008-09-19T14:35:00.000-07:002008-09-19T14:35:00.000-07:00> "They haven't made any external anno...> "They haven't made any external announcement (at least in their newsletter, press releases or on their blog). "<BR/><BR/>I agree FamilyLink is the better name.<BR/><BR/>I got curious, I and found these three twitter message by Paul Allen (blogging is old school, and hip kids use twitter, and Paul Allen is a hip kid):<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://twitter.com/paulballen/statuses/917438113" REL="nofollow">making big decisions about genealogy, history, and social networking for families -- one company or three companies? </A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://twitter.com/paulballen/statuses/918854867" REL="nofollow">It's always painful to change domain names. We've moved familylink.com to familyhistorylink.com to make room for the new familylink.com.</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://twitter.com/paulballen/statuses/918855955" REL="nofollow">"Familyhistorylink.com will be our social network for genealogists. FamilyLink.com will be our flagship site for connecting to relatives."</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-34877618668113160672008-09-19T14:30:00.000-07:002008-09-19T14:30:00.000-07:00> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: debu...> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: debug2file() in /var/www/www.familyhistorylink.com/tree/admin/addtree.php on line 49.<BR/>Hm. There is stuff in front of www.familyhistorylink.com. That does not seem right.<BR/>Perhaps some search & replace operations for the domain name switch did not go as intended?<BR/>If so, the site is likely to be rather glitchy and unreliable until they fix it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com